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The safety roll or “parkour” roll is another essential skill that must be mastered prior to performance of any intermediate or advanced parkour movement. You should practice this rolls so that the movement is natural and instinctive. You will never know when you will need to roll out of a failed vault or precision and often you will not have time to think about rolling. This is the most important parkour movement you will learn.

How can you practice it?:

You can watch this video for a simple progression into teaching yourself to roll. Some keys to remember:

Practice on a soft surface when first starting to learn the movement.

If at ANY time the movement hurts anywhere you are doing it wrong.

Do not rush this movement, take your time and learn the skill. The parkour roll can and will (if you train long enough) save you from severe injury.

Why is this important?

Again, safety. When performing movements at full-speed or from any height you may find yourself heading towards the ground quickly and without having enough time or ability to absorb your landing appropriately. At that point you will do a roll and essentially take your momentum forward instead of into the ground, thereby distributing the force of the landing/bail across your entire body; instead of just on your legs.

We also can use the same physics to demonstrate the utility of a parkour safety roll as we did in the last Parkour WOD. By performing the roll you essentially increase the time of the landing while decreasing your change in velocity, thereby reducing the total acceleration of the fall/bail. As with the parkour landings, this decrease in acceleration lessens the total force of the fall/landing and results in less stress on your body.

Roll Progression in the above video. Practice the movement until you are able to roll without pain and smoothly from your feet. Once you have achieved this expertise perform an additional 50 rolls.

avancee

50 safety rolls from the ground level.

25 safety rolls from a slight fall (2-4 feet in height). Make sure you jump from your take-off point and get some extra height. You will do the exact same thing as in the last Parkour WOD except at your landing you will go into your parkour roll rather than absorbing the impact with your legs. Practice the progression and take your momentum parallel to the ground instead of perpendicular.

25 safety rolls from the end of a vault (kong, speed, dash).

traceur

Same as avancee, however you should be performing the first set of 25 rolls out of a drop of at least your shoulder height. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MOVEMENT.

The second set of 25 should also be at the end of a vault, however you should attempt the roll with another movement after it, e.g. kong-roll-speed.

Note: These WODs are NOT for time. Learn the movement to the best of your ability.

**perform a movement that you suck at. If it is already in the warm up, then perform 15 repetitions of that movement instead of 10. For instance, if I suck at sit ups, and there are sit ups in the warm up, I’ll do 3 rounds of 15 instead of 3 rounds of ten. If I suck at handstand push ups, I’ll perform 3 rounds of 10 handstand push ups (or their progression) and add that to the warm up.

ZombieFit

What if you woke up tomorrow to find your city overridden with zombies. . .would you survive? Here at ZombieFit we aim to help you prepare for the impossible, so you will be ready for the improbable.

The keys to surviving Z-day are simple: Be able to lift and throw heavy things, run fast and for long distances, be situationally aware and be able to navigate obstacles and urban environments in an efficient manner. By following the ZombieFit WODs (workout of the day) and practicing parkour, you will achieve increased fitness through the performance of functional movements at high intensity and find within yourself the internal discipline and mental fortitude necessary to become a survivor.

What is functional fitness? We think it is the ability to perform any given task, at anytime, quickly and efficiently. Functional fitness and situational awareness are necessary skills that are becoming less and less important in today's society. Our goal is to be instructive in functional fitness and the parkour ideology. We sincerely hope you learn something from this site. Whether you need zombies to motivate you, or just want a good workout/place to learn parkour, we'll be able to help.